Pershing Square station explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Pershing Square
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:B
Symbol2:D
Symbol3:J
Address:500 South Hill Street
Borough:Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:34.0543°N -118.2467°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections:See connections section
Structure:Underground
Parking:Paid parking nearby
Bicycle:Metro Bike Share station,[1] racks and lockers[2]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Pershing Square station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station also has street-level stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The station is located under Hill Street between 4th and 5th Street.[3] It is located in Downtown Los Angeles with one station entrance across the street from Pershing Square, after which the station is named, and the other is located near the historic Angels Flight funicular which provides access to the high-rise office buildings in the Bunker Hill neighborhood.

Service

Station layout

GStreet levelEntrances/Exits, Angels Flight, Pershing Square
Olive/5th
(Northbound)
← toward
Grand/5th
(Southbound)
toward or San Pedro →
valign=top rowspan=2B1North MezzanineFaregates, ticket machines, to Hill Street/4th Street/Angels Flight
valign=topSouth Mezzaninevalign=topFaregates, ticket machines, to Hill Street/5th Street/Pershing Square
B2
Platform level
Northbound/
Westbound
← toward
← toward
Eastbound and toward →

Connections

In addition to the rail and busway services, Pershing Square station is a major hub for municipal bus lines. As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[4]

Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Station artwork

The station is decorated with a neon art piece by Stephen Antonakos. The work pays tribute to the first neon sign in the United States, which was hung in 1924 in the Pershing Square area.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Map . November 13, 2021 . . January 27, 2015 . en-US . January 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ . live .
  2. Web site: Secure Bike Parking on Metro . November 5, 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . en-US . September 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Pershing Square Connections . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412173804/http://media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/map_connections_pershingsq.pdf . April 12, 2021 . December 7, 2021 . Metro.
  4. Web site: December 11, 2022 . B & D Line Timetable – Connections section . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2 . December 14, 2022 . December 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214204723/https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08202420/802_TT_12-11-22.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: October 2022 . City of Commerce Transit System Map . June 17, 2023 . City of Commerce Transit.
  6. Web site: Neons for Pershing Square . November 15, 2021 . Metro Art . en-US . October 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024152914/https://art.metro.net/artworks/neons-for-pershing-square/ . live .